| 2016 | Illinois Specialty Growers Assn. | $32,000.00 | Illinois Specialty Crops, Agritourism, and Organic Conference | SC | 1 |
| 2016 | The Land Connection | $38,956.14 | Increasing Access, Knowledge and Purchase of Illinois Specialty Crops through Multi-Pronged Outreach Campaign | SC | 4 |
| 2016 | The Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University - Watson | $29,826.00 | Hybrid Cooling Technology to Extend Saleable Shelf-Life of Perishable Specialty Crops in Illinois | SC | 5 |
| 2016 | The Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University - Choudhary | $62,996.00 | Improving Yields, Quality and Early Season Production of Organic Strawberries with Bioinoculants and Deep-Ocean Minerals | SC | 7 |
| 2016 | The Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University - Walters | $17,171.00 | Nitrogen and Carbon Stable Isotope Patterns in Organic and Conventional Tomatoes | SC | 9 |
| 2016 | IAA Foundation | $15,000.00 | Specialty Crops Education & Awareness Through Illinois Ag in the Classroom Seasons Ag Mag | SC | 10 |
| 2016 | Illinois Stewardship Alliance | $32,579.00 | Increasing Supply and Demand of Specialty Crops in Illinois | SC | 13 |
| 2016 | Illinois Green Industry Assn. | $36,600.00 | Plant Something! Campaign | SC | 15 |
| 2016 | Ill. Grape Growers and Vintners Assn. | $16,418.36 | Strengthening the Competitiveness of Illinois Grapes and Wine Through Branding, Marketing and Industry Education | SC | 16 |
| 2016 | The Experimental Station | $15,800.00 | Increasing Demand Through Educational Outreach for Specialty Crops Sold at the 61st Street Farmers Market | SC | 17 |
| 2016 | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois - Babadoost | $64,196.00 | Screening Winter Cultivars and Accessions to Identify Resistance to Bacterial Spot | SC | 18 |
| 2016 | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois - Lovell | $97,660.60 | Utilizing the Hazelnut Breeding of Recent Decades to Quickly Establish Illinois Hazelnut Breeding and Cultivars | SC | 20 |
| 2016 | Family Farmed | $24,204.81 | Food Safety is Good Business: Best Practices for Beginning Farmers | SC | 21 |
| 2016 | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois - Henning | $28,397.00 | Evaluation of Varieties, Production Methods, and Integrated Pest Management Practices for Alternative Fruit Crops in Illinois | SC | 23 |
| 2016 | Ill. Farmers Market Assn. | $28,944.00 | The Development of a "What's in Season" Phone App to Promote Specialty Growers in Illinois | SC | 24 |
| 2016 | The Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University - Cook | $53,511.00 | Delivering Cover Crop Management Systems to Increase Vineyard Health, Productivity, and Profit for the Illinois Industry | SC | 25 |
| 2015 | The Experimental Station | $10,000.00 | Increasing Demand Among SNAP Clients for IL Specialty Crops Sold at the 61st Street FarmersMarket | SC | 3 |
| 2015 | IL Grape Growers and Vintners Association | $15,500.00 | Promoting Sustainable Vineyards: Business Planning Workshops for the Illinois Grape Grower | SC | 5 |
| 2015 | CBS Community Partnership Division | $110,000.00 | Illinois Where Fresh Is | SC | 7 |
| 2015 | The Land Connection | $38,904.84 | Increasing Illinois specialty crop production and sales through a season extension workshop guide and infographic | SC | 9 |
| 2015 | Illinois Department of Agriculture | $66,653.75 | Branding the "Illinois Where Fresh Is..." logo program and calling consumers to action to buyIllinois grown specialty crops. | SC | 10 |
| 2015 | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois - Hao Feng | $64,990.00 | Nano-encapsulated Thiamine Dialauryl Sulfatefor control of Fungal Pathogens Related to Horseradish Root Discoloration | SC | 18 |
| 2015 | Stacy Pasoni | $13,658.40 | Enhancing Market Opportunities for Illinois specialty Crops with Consumer Education Targeting Healthy Living | SC | 19 |
| 2015 | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois - Babadoost | $58,890.00 | Screening Pumpkin Cultivars and Accessions to identify Resistance to Bacterial Spot Caused byXanthomonas cucurbitae | SC | 20 |
| 2015 | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois - Lee | $36,323.00 | Sustainable local muchroom production systems for Illinois to enhance grower profitability and increase consumer choices | SC | 21 |
| 2015 | IAA Foundation | $12,500.00 | Specialty Crops Education & Awareness through Illinois Agriculture in the classroom-Pizza Ag Mag | SC | 24 |
| 2015 | Illinois Stewardship Alliance | $25,308.00 | Increasing Supply and Demand of Specialty Crops in Illinois | SC | 25 |
| 2015 | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois - Wortman | $67,604.00 | Assessing variability in vegetable crop yield and heavy metal recontamination across the Chicago metropolitan region | SC | 26 |
| 2015 | Board of Trustees of SouthernIllinois University - Vigardt/Smith/Choudhary | $58,573.80 | Asian Greens in Illinois Farmers Markets: A Market Analysis, Cultivar and PhytonutrientStudy | SC | 31 |
| 2015 | a - Horseradish Growers of Illinois | $3,110.00 | Horseradish Breeding and Propagation Research 2015 | SC | 39 |
| 2015 | b - Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University - Walters | $36,180.00 | Horseradish Breeding and Propagation Research 2015 | SC | 39 |
| 2015 | c - The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois - Wahle | $2,538.00 | Horseradish Breeding and Propagation Research 2015 | SC | 39 |
| 2014 | IL Specialty Growers Association | $30,000.00 | 2015 Illinois Specialty Crops, Agritourism and Organic Conference: Partner with the Illinois Specialty Growers Association to increase the training opportunities of Illinois specialty crop growers with focus on current food safety requirements through the facilitation of an educational conference. Matching funds will be utilized to cover expenditures for non-specialty crops | SC | 1 |
| 2014 | Illinois Department of Agriculture | $74,000.00 | Branding the "Illinois Where Fresh Is..." logo program and calling consumers to action to buy Illinois grown specialty crops: Increase local specialty crop sales at designated grocery stores and farmers' markets by implementing the "Illinois Where Fresh is" buy local marketing campaign | SC | 2 |
| 2014 | CBS Community Partnership Division | $124,500.00 | Illinois Where Fresh Is Multi Media Campaign: Partner with WBBM TV, a subsidiary of CBS, Inc. (CBS Community Partnership Division), to increase specialty crop sales at designated grocery stores and farmers' markets by continuing to provide a targeted multimedia campaign that focuses on the importance and availability of locally grown specialty crops | SC | 4 |
| 2014 | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $48,579.00 | Strawberries from "tower to table": maximizing productivity of high tunnel space with slacked hydroponic pots: Partner with the University of Illinois to develop grower best management practices by identifying optimum strawberry varieties and planting dates for the vertical production of hydroponic strawberries in high tunnels in southern and central Illinois and sharing the best practices through presentations, field days, and newsletters | SC | 5 |
| 2014 | The Land Connection Foundation | $29,013.00 | Equipping IL Specialty Crop Farmers with Marketing Framework and Social Media Tools: Partner with the Land Connection to assist specialty crop farmers market their local specialty crops throughout the growing season by developing and delivering a marketing plan curriculum that incorporates tools utilizing different social media platforms, and providing monthly social media starter kits that offer specific content (tweets, Facebook posts, photos, etc.) that busy specialty crop farmers can use as-is, or customize, and disseminate via social media | SC | 6 |
| 2014 | Ag In Progress Partnership | $29,995.00 | Training Future Agricultural Professionals Honey Bee Management: Partner with Ag in Progress Partnership to facilitate an educational mentoring program for Future Farmers of America members to impart considerable working knowledge and appreciation of honeybee biology and behavior and their importance to specialty crop pollination | SC | 13 |
| 2014 | Horseradish Growers of Illinois | $38,429.10 | Horseradish Breeding and Propagation Research '14-'15: Partner with the Horseradish Growers of Illinois to improve size, color, root rot, and taste of horseradish through the use of newly obtained germplasm materials from Eastern Europe in crosses with widely used cultivars and breeding lines in various combinations to generate the large seed numbers needed to develop new cultivars | SC | 14 |
| 2014 | The Experimental Station | $15,730.00 | Increasing Demand Among SNAP Clients for IL Specialty Crops Sold at the 61st Street Farmers Market: Partner with the Experimental Station to continue to educate low-income urban residents how to grow, prepare, and enjoy Illinois specialty crops by providing at-Market, in-school, after-school and summer educational programming through the 61st Street Farmers Market program. Matching funds will be utilized to cover expenditures for non-specialty crops | SC | 22 |
| 2014 | Gary Comer Youth Center | $47,967.00 | The Gary Comer Youth Center's Greater Grand Crossing Specialty Crop Food Project: Partner with the Gary Comer Youth Center to provide urban youth with additional education on the nutritional value of specialty crops and the opportunity to participate in urban agriculture through developing a youth managed roof top farm | SC | 24 |
| 2014 | Illinois Stewardship Alliance | $27,000.00 | Growing the Supply and Demand of Specialty Crops in Illinois: Partner with the Illinois Stewardship Alliance to solicit commitments from chefs to make at least ten percent of their purchases from local specialty crop growers by assisting chefs to locate local farmers, developing a pilot project for online procurement by restaurants, and organizing chef-farmer networking events. Matching funds will be utilized to cover expenditures for non-specialty crops | SC | 25 |
| 2014 | IAA Foundation | $15,000.00 | Specialty Crops Education & Awareness through Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom - Pumpkins Ag Mag: Partner with the IAA Foundation to help students make the connection between foods and the farmers who grow them by developing and printing a new Pumpkins Ag Mag and supporting trainings and county program implementation to educate students and teachers about this specialty crop grown by producers in Illinois | SC | 26 |
| 2014 | Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University | $54,604.00 | Impact of Novel and Traditional Soil Management Systems on Vine Balance, Water Status, Wine Quality, and Soil Health: Partner with Southern Illinois University in collaboration with the Illinois Grape Growers and Vintners Association and Shawnee Hills Wine-Grape Association to improve the sustainability of vineyard floor management by growers through research of new cultural and biological under-vine management tools, such as various mulches, compost, and fertilization; and understand grower reluctance to adopt new soil management methods and the value that consumers place on sustainability of vineyard cultural practices | SC | 31 |
| 2013 | Illinois Specialty Growers Association | $28,500.00 | Illinois Specialty Crops, Agritourism and Organic Conference: Partner with the Illinois Specialty Growers Association to increase the training opportunities of Illinois specialty crop growers with focus on current food safety requirements through the facilitation of an educational conference. Matching funds will be utilized to cover expenditures for non-specialty crop commodities | SC | 1 |
| 2013 | Illinois Grape Growers and Vintners Association | $15,230.00 | Viticulture Field Days with Follow-up Site Visits and Video Webinars: Partner with the Illinois Grape Growers and Vintners Association to grow educational opportunities through teaching best management practices to Illinois grape growers through hands-on, as well as online continuing education opportunities | SC | 3 |
| 2013 | The Land Connection Foundation | $33,328.00 | Maximizing Awareness, Purchase & Use of IL Specialty Crops: Partner with The Land Connection to implement a multifaceted social media campaign that uses blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and other online interactions to educate consumers about the Illinois specialty crop growers | SC | 6 |
| 2013 | The Experimental Station | $12,000.00 | Increasing Demand Among SNAP Clients for IL Specialty Crops Sold at the 61st Street Farmers Market: Partner with the Experimental Station to continue to educate low-income urban residents how to grow, prepare, and enjoy Illinois specialty crops by providing at-Market, in-school, after-school and summer educational programming. Matching funds will be utilized to cover expenditures for non-specialty crop commodities | SC | 7 |
| 2013 | Gary Comer Youth Center | $82,082.00 | Gary Comer Youth Center Specialty Crop Project: Partner with the Gary Comer Youth Center to provide urban youth with additional education on the nutritional value of specialty crops and the opportunity to participate in urban agriculture through developing a youth managed roof top farm | SC | 11 |
| 2013 | CBS Community Partnership Division | $200,000.00 | Illinois...Where Fresh Is Media Campaign: Partner with the CBS Community Partnership Division to continue to provide a targeted multimedia campaign that focuses on the importance and availability of locally grown specialty crops | SC | 13 |
| 2013 | Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $91,181.00 | Comparison of microbial safety of locally grown frresh grown fresh produce versus produce from "global" supply chains: Partner with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to enhance the microbial food safety of locally grown produce by assessing the microbial profiles on produce from farmers' markets and subsequently suggest the best handling practices that would minimize the risk of microbial contamination | SC | 15 |
| 2013 | Ag in Progress Partnership | $15,009.54 | Training Future Agricultural Professionals Honey Bee Management: Partner with Ag in Progress Partnership to facilitate an educational mentoring program for Future Farmers of America members that discusses the intricacies of honeybee biology and behavior as well as agricultural partnering techniques, enhancing the understanding and importance of our most efficient pollinator | SC | 16 |
| 2013 | IAA Foundation | $20,000.00 | Specialty Crops Education & Awareness through Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom: Partner with Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom to support the development of a new "Specialty Crops Ag Mag" and the subsequent classroom lessons and activities, which will feature Illinois specialty crop growers and highlight the many ways Illinois specialty crops are being used, how and where they are grown, and where they can be found locally | SC | 20 |
| 2013 | Horseradish Growers of Illinois | $11,617.70 | Horseradish Breeding and Propagation Research: Partner with the Illinois Horseradish Growers Association to ascertain new viable varieties that are the most white, have high heat and flavor, are larger in size, and that are not rotting, but lasting longer than current varieties for the Illinois horseradish industry | SC | 21 |
| 2013 | Illinois Stewardship Alliance | $52,467.00 | Phase Two: Growing Farm to Restaurant Linkages in Illinois: Partner with the Illinois Stewardship Alliance to create a marketing campaign to promote local specialty crops to local restaurants and develop new resources for farms to better understand regulatory requirements | SC | 25 |
| 2013 | Illinois Department of Agriculture | $71,200.00 | Branding the "Illinois Where Fresh is..." logo program and calling Consumers to action to buy Illinois grown specialty crops: Work with Illinois grocers and farmers' markets to implement a marketing campaign for Illinois specialty crops through the "Illinois Where Fresh is" buy local program | SC | 26 |
| 2012 | Illinois Specialty Growers Association | $26,500.00 | Illinois Specialty Crops, Agritourism, and Organic Conference: Partner with the Illinois Specialty Growers Association to organize the Illinois Specialty Crops, Agritourism, and Organic Conference, designed to assist 500 specialty crop producers in managing their production and price risk; educate specialty crop producers in developing "Good Agricultural Practices," "Good Manufacturing Practices," and "Good Handling Practices"; increase consumer knowledge of the nutritional advantages of consuming specialty crops; assist specialty crop producers in incorporating agritourism as a value-added opportunity; promote food safety practices to growers throughout the production and marketing chain; encourage consumers to buy local and fresh produce; provide educational programming on disease and pest management control in the production of fruits and vegetables; provide a tract of workshops on organic production and marketing; and assist organic growers become compliant with the National Organic Standards. Matching funds will be utilized to cover expenditures for non-specialty crop commodities | SC | 1 |
| 2012 | Moore Tourism Development, Inc. | $37,500.00 | Good Food: Local: Partner with the Moore Tourism Development, Inc. to improve the sale of locally grown specialty crops by increasing consumer knowledge and use of produce through a series of educational workshops. Matching funds will be used to offset the costs of the inclusion of any nonspecialty crops | SC | 7 |
| 2012 | Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois James Theuri | $83,349.00 | Enhancing Safety of Specialty Food Crops in Illinois: Partner with the University of Illinois Extension to offer training in Good Agricultural Practices and Good Handling Practices, provide technical assistance in writing food safety plans, and subsidize third-party audit costs for specialty crop producers | SC | 10 |
| 2012 | Experimental Station | $10,000.00 | Increasing Demand Among Federal Nutrition Benefit (SNAP) Clients For Illinois Specialty Crops Sold at the 61st Street Farmers Market: Partner with the 61st Street Farmers' Market to develop marketing materials to draw South Side Federal Nutrition Benefit (SNAP) residents to the Market to purchase specialty crops, provide education on specialty crops to youth and school children, and provide specialty crop-focused cooking classes in the community | SC | 11 |
| 2012 | Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois Mohammad Babadoost | $55,967.00 | Determining Filed-Survival and Host-Range of Xanthomonas cucurbitae, the Causal of Bacterial Spot of Pumpkin: Partner with the University of Illinois to study Xanthomonas cucurbitae as the cause of bacterial spot in pumpkins, providing data necessary for the development of effective methods of managing the disease including survival factors of Xanthomonas cucurbitae in the field, pathogenic variation among isolates of Xanthomonas cucurbitae, and the host-range of Xanthomonas cucurbitae | SC | 13 |
| 2012 | University of Illinois - Jeffrey Kindhart | $49,158.00 | Evaluation of a Portable Steam Generator for Sterilizing Planting Beds in High Tunnels: Partner with the University of Illinois to conduct research and deliver educational programs on the use of a portable steam generator to sterilize soils in high tunnels to prevent tomato and pepper losses to soil-borne diseases where high tunnels are used repeatedly | SC | 16 |
| 2012 | IAA Foundation | $10,000.00 | Apples Ag Mag: Partner with the Illinois Farm Bureau's Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom program to develop and print a new Apples Ag Mag to increase awareness of the specialty crop grown in Illinois, and to introduce more students and consumers to the ideas of locally grown foods, and the farmers that grow them | SC | 17 |
| 2012 | IGGVA | $20,061.00 | Pest and Disease Control Workshops for Illinois' Grape Growers: Partner with the Illinois Grape Growers and Vintners Association to educate Illinois grape growers on the best practices for vineyard management to ultimately increase their yield and the quality of Illinois-grown grapes by offering educational workshops that address pest management and disease control in Illinois vineyards | SC | 18 |
| 2012 | CBS 2 | $100,000.00 | Illinois...Where Fresh Is Multi-Media Campaign: Partner with WBBM TV, a subsidiary of CBS Inc., to launch an integrated, multi media campaign, Illinois Where Fresh Is! designed to bring Specialty Crops to the forefront of consumers' minds and promote healthier eating habits - ultimately boosting industry sales and keeping Illinois dollars in the state. Only eligible specialty crops will be included in the promotions | SC | 21 |
| 2012 | University of Illinois - Shoemaker / Masiunas | $20,757.00 | Preparing Illinois' Specialty Crop Producers for Drift from 2,4-D and Dicamba Resistant Soybeans: Partner with the University of Illinois Department of Crop Sciences, Illinois Specialty Crop Growers Association; and Illinois Grape Growers and Vintners Association to support an outreach and research program designed to define the risk of damaging pesticide drift to specialty crops producers, and assist specialty crop growers in managing such risk by providing them with a series of outreach presentations, special tools and guidelines for properly addressing a drift incident, and access to existing resources, including the Driftwatch program | SC | 24 |
| 2012 | Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois University - Ruplal Choudhary | $127,723.20 | Documenting Nutritional Value of Local Produce to Create Market Advantage for Illinois Growers: Partner with Southern Illinois University's Department of Plant, Soil and Agricultural Systems to study the impact of variety selection, harvest timing and storage duration on nutritional/antioxidant content of fruits and vegetables and to provide grower outreach through pre-educational project surveys, field production and sample collection, fruit and vegetable tissue assays, development of specialty crop factsheets and post-educational outreach surveys | SC | 27 |
| 2012 | Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois University Brad Taylor | $63,351.20 | Establish and disseminate vine balance strategies for Illinois wine grapes: Partner with the Southern Illinois University and the Illinois Grape Growers and Vintners Association to develop management guidelines for crop level, nitrogen fertilization rate and canopy and vineyard floor management strategies that will significantly improve the marketability of Illinois grapes and wine | SC | 33 |
| 2012 | IL Stewardship Alliance | $40,997.00 | Growing the Specialty Crop Industry: Farm-to-Restaurant and Beyond: Partner with the Illinois Stewardship Alliance to increase specialty crop sales to restaurants and developing new resources to connect farms to restaurants by educating restaurants and farmers, promoting local foods through the "Buy Fresh Buy Local" campaign, providing technical training to chefs and facilitating a farm-to-restaurant series. Matching funds will be used to cover the costs of any non-specialty crops | SC | 36 |
| 2011 | Peoria RiverFront Association | $10,000.00 | Partner with the Peoria RiverFront Association to organize and implement a multi-media advertisement campaign to increase public awareness of the farmers market as well as the health and nutritional benefits of locally grown specialty crops | SC | 2 |
| 2011 | Carlyle Lake Chamber of Commerce Inc | $10,000.00 | Partner with the Carlyle Lake Chamber of Commerce to provide for advertisements and assistance with weekly educational demonstrations at a local farmers market as well as develop and distribute educational specialty crop usage handouts. Project staff will maintain records and the materials developed to ensure that the project solely enhances the competitiveness of specialty crops | SC | 3 |
| 2011 | Jacksonville Main Street's Farmers Market on the Square | $6,700.00 | Partner with Jacksonville Main Street to increase locally grown produce and specialty crop sales and awareness with greater potential for producer income as well as provide downtown residents, low-income citizens, visitors, and workers more convenient access to healthy food products through the implementation of a multi-media advertisement campaign | SC | 4 |
| 2011 | Downtown Bloomington Association | $26,000.00 | Partner with the Downtown Bloomington Association to increase awareness and sales of specialty crops at Uptown Normal's Trailside Market and the Downtown Bloomington Farmers Market through a series of television/radio/online advertisements that will focus 100% on eligible specialty crops | SC | 6 |
| 2011 | The Experimental Station | $10,000.00 | Partner with the Experimental Station to create a variety of marketing materials for dissemination throughout the neighborhoods of Chicago, and provide an expansion of in-school and after-school educational outreach to local, low-income children and youth, to teach them the nutritional benefits, cultivation, and preparation of organic and sustainably grown fruits and vegetables; and provide ongoing incentives to LINK customers. Matching funds will be utilized to cover expenditures for non-specialty crop commodities | SC | 7 |
| 2011 | Illinois Grape Growers and Vintners Association | $10,000.00 | Partner with the Illinois Grape Growers and Vintners Association to expand the viticulture depth of knowledge dissemination at the Illinois Grape Growers and Vintners Association's Annual Conference and Tradeshow through collaborating with neighboring state associations and communicating with experts within the field of viticulture | SC | 8 |
| 2011 | Taylorville Main Street Inc. | $4,087.40 | Partner with Taylorville Main Street to expand the consumption of Illinois specialty crops through an extensive advertising campaign in local media, which will increase both producer participation and sales of specialty crops at the farmers market. Matching funds will be utilized to cover expenditures for non-specialty crop commodities | SC | 10 |
| 2011 | Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $9,648.00 | Enhancing Specialty Food Safety: Partner with the University of Illinois Extension to offer good agricultural practices and good handling practices training to specialty crop producers and retailers, including farmers market vendors as well as offer technical support to develop food safety plans for their specialty crop enterprises | SC | 11 |
| 2011 | Mt. Carroll Chamber of Commerce | $8,546.00 | Partner with the Mt. Carroll Chamber of Commerce to collaborate with Learn Great Foods to provide quality programs/demonstrations specific to locally grown specialty crops in order to improve child and adult nutrition knowledge and consumption of specialty crops and implement a strategic specialty crop advertising campaign that includes print and radio advertising, banners, and fliers | SC | 14 |
| 2011 | Village of Buffalo Grove | $9,984.00 | Partner with Buffalo Grove Farmers Market to implement an advertising campaign in order to teach people about the nutritional benefits associated with Illinois-grown vegetables and encourage them to change their eating habits, which will foster the development of a positive perception associated with the consumption of locally grown vegetables | SC | 15 |
| 2011 | Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University | $13,604.50 | Farm to School: A Case Study of Summer Processing for Success: Partner with Southern Illinois University in Carbondale to implement a farm-to-school program whereby fresh fruits and vegetables will be processed during the summer months for a local school in an area that does not have a year-round growing season. Program results will be utilized to develop a case-study approach to working with interested school foodservice directors | SC | 16 |
| 2011 | Jo Daviess County Farm Bureau | $7,583.00 | Partner with Jo Daviess County to implement a marketing campaign that only advertises specialty crops at local farmers markets through printed advertising, radio advertising, billboards, and other advertising | SC | 17 |
| 2011 | IAA Foundation | $10,000.00 | IAITC Pumpkins Ag Mag: Partner with the Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom to develop a new Pumpkins Ag Mag to increase awareness of the specialty crop that is grown more widely in Illinois than any other state as well as introduce more students and consumers to the ideas of locally grown foods and the farmers that grow them | SC | 18 |
| 2011 | Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $39,962.00 | Variety Trials and Integrated Pest Management for Vegetables in High Tunnels: Partner with the University of Illinois to conduct research, demonstrations, and deliver educational programs on varieties, production practices, and pest management for tomatoes, peppers, and salad greens grown in high tunnels | SC | 20 |
| 2011 | Jerry M. Mills | $23,472.00 | Partner with Mills Apple Farm to develop a demonstration sweet cherry orchard in Illinois using slanted and trellised trees grown in high tunnels, which will be used to provide valuable information to interested producers in southwestern Illinois | SC | 25 |
| 2011 | Batavia Main Street | $13,735.00 | Farm Fresh to Family: Partner with Batavia MainStreet to implement a professionally developed, integrated marketing campaign designed to bring awareness, education, and sales of Illinois specialty crops to Batavia, Illinois | SC | 30 |
| 2011 | Champaign-Urbana Public Health District | $10,000.00 | What's Your Specialty?: Partner with the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District to implement a social marketing, social media, and WIC client education campaign that promotes local specialty crop growers in the Champaign County region as well as the nutritional benefits of those crops. Matching funds will be utilized to cover expenditures for non-specialty crop commodities | SC | 31 |
| 2011 | Village of Lemont | $6,245.00 | Partner with the Village of Lemont to increase awareness and purchases of Illinois specialty crops offered by vendors at the Lemont Farmers Market through the implementation of targeted promotional efforts. Matching funds will be utilized to cover expenditures for non-specialty crop commodities | SC | 32 |
| 2011 | Downtown Springfield Inc. | $10,000.00 | Partner with Downtown Springfield to supplement a current advertisement campaign with the addition of promoting individual and familial purchase of specialty crops through the utilization of Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) | SC | 33 |
| 2011 | FamilyFarmed.org | $35,000.00 | Building for Growth: A Business Plan for a Central Illinois Pack House: Partner with FamilyFarmed.org to create a business plan for a pack house located in Central Illinois that aggregates, stores, markets, and distributes specialty crop products from area farms to Illinois wholesale buyers, and to establish a network of Illinois fruit and vegetable growers committed to scaling up production for this market | SC | 35 |
| 2011 | The Land Connection Foundation | $26,220.00 | An Educational, Marketing, and Outreach Project to Increase the Supply of Specialty Crops in Illinois: Partner with the Land Connection Foundation to implement a training program that will professionally market and educate individuals, families, communities, and the general public about the importance of specialty crops in Illinois' agricultural economies | SC | 36 |
| 2011 | Esther's Place / Lamb of God Farm | $8,680.00 | Partner with Esther Place to educate students and teachers at local schools about the production and preparation of specialty crops in order to help the next generation understand vital aspects of specialty crop origins and nutritional information | SC | 38 |
| 2011 | Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $16,108.00 | Facilitate the planning and launch of the Illinois Organic Growers Association: Partner with the University of Illinois to facilitate the planning and launch of the Illinois Organic Growers Association and support the first year of educational and networking opportunities to Illinois specialty crop growers interested in organic and ecologically-oriented growing and marketing techniques. All project resources will be devoted to support of speakers and sessions serving organic specialty crop growers producing horticultural, fruit and nut crops using organic techniques | SC | 40 |
| 2011 | Knox County Food Development Council | $50,000.00 | Partner with the Knox County Food Development Council to provide education, resources, technical assistance, and market development for the local specialty crop food industry through a growers' incubator, food consolidator, advertisements for local specialty crops at farmers markets, season extension demonstrations, as well as market research into potential value-added processing of specialty crops. Matching funds will be utilized to cover expenditures for non-specialty crop commodities | SC | 41 |
| 2011 | Geneva Green Market | $9,700.00 | Partner with Geneva Green Market to promote their educational activities and Geneva Winter Market by creating instructional videos, a quarterly publication of news and events, website, an e-mail newsletter and newspaper and radio advertisements that solely promote specialty crops | SC | 42 |
| 2011 | Illinois Stewardship Alliance | $10,000.00 | Partner with the Illinois Stewardship Alliance to expand a marketing campaign to increase sales and consumption of central Illinois specialty crops and enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops by providing product differentiation and product identification through an educational directory of producers, point-of-sale identification of local products, farmer profiles, and a series of events providing increased marketing opportunities for specialty crop producers | SC | 43 |
| 2011 | Southern Sisters Spirits DBA Bobcat Hill Distillery | $10,950.00 | Partner with Southern Sisters Spirits to define grapes which are the "Southern Stars" for growers, winemakers, distillers, food manufacturers, and others and develop in concert with them through the Shawnee Hills Winegrape Association a public education campaign showing how these grapes are local, sustainable, value-added, and are economically and culturally rewarding | SC | 44 |
| 2011 | Central Illinois Agricultural Research Farms Inc. | $12,372.00 | Developing a Sustainable and Organic Vegetable Production System: Partner with Central Illinois Agricultural Research Farms to develop and refine a vegetable production system that is sustainable and organic by documenting and recording all the costs, labor, profits, and procedures for organic vegetable production | SC | 45 |
| 2011 | Lan-Oak Park District | $10,000.00 | Partner with the Lan-Oak Park District to generate awareness of specialty crops and the District's farmers market by implementing a marketing campaign that includes the purchase of ads in local newspapers, banners, signs, and reusable shopping bags | SC | 46 |
| 2011 | Annie's Project | $10,000.00 | Partner with Annie's Project to provide farm women educational opportunities that will help them utilize small acre resources through the addition or expansion of specialty crop commodities to their production and marketing practices | SC | 47 |
| 2011 | Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University | $57,017.00 | Partner with Southern Illinois University to develop practical management strategies that increase the sustainability of Illinois wine grape production | SC | 48 |
| 2011 | The Land of Goshen Community Market | $14,682.32 | Partner with the Land of Goshen Community Market to create a "Market Sprouts" programs targeting customer children by providing activities promoting fresh, locally grown specialty crops in a centrally located area | SC | 49 |
| 2011 | Village of Schaumburg | $7,829.00 | Partner with the Village of Schaumburg to continue an existing advertising campaign for the Olde Schaumburg Centre Farmers Market. Matching funds will be utilized to cover expenditures for non-specialty crop commodities | SC | 50 |
| 2011 | Chicago Defender Charities | $8,700.00 | Partner with Chicago Defender Charities to educate the youth in the Englewood community by utilizing the Heritage Garden to produce vegetables and teach residents the importance of nutrition and healthy eating habits through meal planning that is inclusive of vegetables in their daily diet, and disseminate information regarding the benefits of embracing the green concepts of reduce, reuse and recycle and of eating locally grown produce | SC | 51 |
| 2011 | Illinois Specialty Growers Association | $24,450.00 | Partner with the Illinois Specialty Crop Growers Association to facilitate a conference in order to educate specialty crop producers in the management of their production and price risk, the development of food safety practices including good agricultural practices and good handling practices, the notification of consumers concerning the nutritional benefits of specialty crops for children and adults as well as buy-local campaigns, on disease and pest management control, as well as information concerning the production and marketing of organic produce | SC | 54 |
| 2011 | National Agricultural Statistics Service | $30,000.00 | Cost Estimate for Conducting the "2010 Illinois Specialty Crops Survey": Partner with the National Agricultural Statistics Service Illinois Field Office to conduct a 2010 Specialty Crops survey of roughly 3,000 specialty crop growers in order to assist in an estimation of the growth of the specialty crop industry in Illinois | SC | 55 |
| 2010 | Benton Farmers Market | $4,000.00 | Partner with Benton Farmer's Market to emphasize only Illinois specialty crops in print and radio advertising to support the specialty crop vendors at the market | SC | 1 |
| 2010 | Mount Carroll Chamber of Commerce | $4,200.00 | Partner with the Mount Carroll Chamber of Commerce Farmers' Market to promote local specialty crops. Radio advertising will feature "sound bytes" specific to eligible specialty crops and print and other advertising, including signs, banners, and posters, will feature photos and names of eligible specialty crops | SC | 3 |
| 2010 | Historic Quincy Business District | $10,000.00 | Partner with the Historic Quincy Business District to conduct workshops for only specialty crop growers; conduct vendor workshops with the educational program solely displaying and highlighting specialty crop products; conduct an advertising and promotion campaign highlighting only individual specialty crop vendors; and publish a newsletter with articles on specialty crops and local food guide describing where customers can locate specialty crop products | SC | 4 |
| 2010 | Brookfield Chamber of Commerce | $10,000.00 | Partner with the Brookfield Chamber of Commerce to advertise the Brookfield Farmer's Market through display board print production that promotes specialty crops and specialty crop growers; newspaper advertisements displaying a list of popular and available specialty crops; flyer and posters providing a list of seasonably available specialty crops and graphics of specialty crops; signs that highlight specialty crops; and sustainable shopping bags that list specialty crops available at the market; | SC | 6 |
| 2010 | The Experimental Station | $10,000.00 | Partner with the 61st Street Farmers Market to expand their adult cooking classes, in-school program that focuses entirely on local organic and sustainably grown fruits and vegetables, after-school classes, farm tours that target specialty crop farms, and At-Market Market School designed to educate children and adults about healthy and sustainable eating. Matching funds will be provided to ensure that all activities solely enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops; and | SC | 7 |
| 2010 | Edgebrook | $10,000.00 | Partner with Edgebrook Limited Partnership, LlC to purchase Food books for distribution at the Edgebrook Farmers' Market whose main ingredient are specialty crops; advertise the market using the "Where Fresh Is" logo used solely by specialty crop producers and marketers within the State; and conduct cooking demonstration that will only use specialty crops as their main focus | SC | 8 |
| 2010 | Green City Market | $15,000.00 | Partner with Green City Market to publish and distribute "Know Your Food...Know Your Farmer" brochure to give Chicagoans an understanding of every farmer and producer at Green City Market. Matching funds will be provided for the non-specialty crop farmers in the brochure | SC | 9 |
| 2010 | Evanston Community Development Corp. | $10,000.00 | Partner with Evanston Community Development Corporation to fund a portion of the market manager's salary at the West End Market to deliver specialty crop marketing materials to customers and facilitate the purchase of produce at wholesale from African American farmers; purchase tents and tables to be used by specialty crop vendors only; and install signage advertising the market takes Link cards for purchase of specialty crops by Senior and WIC coupons; and distribute market print materials to promote produce sold at the market | SC | 10 |
| 2010 | Natural Food Cooperative of Rockford | $10,000.00 | Partner with Total Health Awareness Team to promote the "Local Only" farmers' market highlighting available specialty crops and print and distribute the "Farm to Family" newsletter and the Northern Illinois Local Foods Directory to educate the public about current and potential vendors at the Natural Food Cooperative of Rockford. Matching funds will be provided to cover non-specialty crops in the newstetter and Directory | SC | 11 |
| 2010 | Downtown Bloomington Association | $10,000.00 | Partner with the Downtown Bloomington Association to promote the Downtown Bloomington Farmers' Market through television/radio online series that will focus 100% on eligible specialty crops | SC | 12 |
| 2010 | Green City Market | $10,000.00 | Partner with Green City Market to preserve and promote heirloom varieties; teach children the importance of specialty crops; provide a locavore resource kit to challenge Chicago consumers to support local, sustainably grown farmers and eat their products. Matching funds will be provided to cover the non-specialty crop portion of the project | SC | 13 |
| 2010 | City of Urbana | $15,000.00 | Partner with the City of Urbana to promote Eat Here, designed solely to encourage residents to add Urbana's Market at the Square to their grocery shopping route each week to purchase Illinois-grown fruits and vegetables | SC | 14 |
| 2010 | Peasants' Plot | $10,000.00 | Partner with Peasants' Plot to host a group of interested growers for a High Tunnel Workshop to increase use of high tunnels for season extension of organic tomatoes and peppers within the model of the small family farm | SC | 15 |
| 2010 | DeWitt County Human Resource Center | $5,000.00 | Partner with the DeWitt County Human Resource Center to grow squash varieties, cantaloupe and watermelon in garden plots mulched With recycled newsprint, inform the public of the benefits and provide employment opportunities for clients with disabilities | SC | 16 |
| 2010 | CBS Broadcasting, Inc. | $83,942.00 | Partner with CBS Broadcasting to create ads on television and the internet involving the "lIIinois...Where Fresh Is" logo solely promoting specialty crops and healthier eating habits | SC | 17 |
| 2010 | Belleville Main Street | $10,000.00 | Partner with Belleville Main Street State to conduct a series of classes that will focus on nutrition education, food safety, cooking skills development, a connection to the farm, and increased knowledge of specialty crops to children and their parents | SC | 19 |
| 2010 | Sustain (dba FamilyFarmed.org) | $36,000.00 | Partner with FamilyFarmed.org to identify barriers to increase Illinois specialty crop production, devise workable solutions to resolve those barriers and complete a feasibility assessment for the creation of a distribution facility in order to increase the supply of Illinois grown fruits and vegetables into the Illinois wholesale marketplace | SC | 21 |
| 2010 | Clinton Chamber of Commerce | $6,500.00 | Partner with Clinton Area Farmers and Artisans Market and University of Illinois Extension - DeWitt County to enhance the Family Nutrition Program with classroom instructions for all 4th grade classes focusing on specialty crops featured throughout the Market season; encourage "victory gardens" through distribution of seeds; promote the Market through advertisement that will only feature specialty crops; and provide market coupons that will only be used for specialty crops at the Farmers Market | SC | 22 |
| 2010 | Geneva Green Market, NFP | $11,000.00 | Partner with Geneva Green Market to promote their educational activities and Geneva Winter Market by creating instructional videos, a quarterly publication of news and events, website, an e-mail newsletter and newspaper and radio advertisements that solely promote specialty crops | SC | 23 |
| 2010 | Comer Science & Education Foundation | $35,000.00 | Partner with Comer Science and Education Foundation to extend the growing season and increase growing space on the 8,000 square foot rooftop garden located on top of the Gary Comer Youth Center; train local teens on seed to table concept by providing part-time employment rotating between the garden (growing, harvesting, packaging and distributing) and learning culinary skills; and hold garden nutritional events | SC | 25 |
| 2010 | Illinois Specialty Growers Assoc. | $22,162.38 | Partner with Illinois Specialty Growers Association to provide pre-conference workshops and five educational tracts at the 2011 Illinois Specialty Crops, Agritourism and Organic Conference | SC | 26 |
| 2010 | Illinois Stewardship Alliance | $10,000.00 | Partner with Illinois Stewardship Alliance to conduct an analysis of the local food and farm economy and to provide advertising funds only to "Buy Fresh Buy Local" specialty crop members. Matching funds will be provided to cover any portion of travel, staff time and other costs that do not solely support the specialty crop industry | SC | 27 |
| 2010 | Town of Normal | $10,000.00 | Partner with Uptown Marketing to promote through television/radio online series the Market to Menu project to focus 100% on featuring specialty crop local farmers, their specialty produce and ways to use their produce | SC | 28 |
| 2010 | Pana Chamber of Commerce | $4,500.00 | Partner with Pana Chamber of Commerce to provide advertising for their 2010 Farmers Market to carry content that directly promotes specialty crops | SC | 29 |
| 2010 | Eckert Orchards, Inc. | $20,000.00 | Partner with Eckert Orchards Inc. to propagate test trees with the intent to provide new apple cultivars, well adapted to the Midwest, to interested growers for field evaluation; establish a 3,000 tree plot of new seedlings; and establish two grower-sited test blocks of advanced selections | SC | 30 |
| 2010 | Georgia C. Shank | $10,000.00 | Partner with Georgia C. Shank to construct a high tunnel to extend the growing season of strawberries and reduce loss by spring freeze and share the experience and results by providing farm tours to interested growers and school children | SC | 32 |
| 2010 | Woodstock Farmers Market NFP | $10,000.00 | Partner with Woodstock Farmers' Market to provide educational presentations / material to solely promote local specialty crop harvest availability, food preservation and food safety | SC | 34 |
| 2010 | Spring Valley Farm & Vineyard | $10,000.00 | Partner with Spring Valley Farm &Vineyard to construct a high tunnel with drip irrigation and fertilizer injection systems that will serve as a demonstration area of how tomatoes and other similar vegetable products can be grown commercially with an extended growing season | SC | 35 |
| 2010 | Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $25,000.00 | Partner with University of Illinois to research and evaluate non petroleum based (organic -based) plant pots in controlled and mechanized settings | SC | 36 |
| 2009 | Aledo Main Street, Inc. | $3,560.00 | -- Newspaper -- Radio -- Postcards -- Flyers | SC | |
| 2009 | Beardstown Main Street | $5,000.00 | -- Newspaper -- Radio -- TV | SC | |
| 2009 | Benton Farmers Market | $3,922.00 | -- Newspaper -- Radio | SC | |
| 2009 | Brookfield Chamber of Commerce | $5,600.00 | -- Newspaper -- Vendor packets and vendor banners -- Poster -- Signs | SC | |
| 2009 | Burr Ridge Park District | $3,000.00 | -- Newspaper -- Radio -- Brochure | SC | |
| 2009 | Carlyle Lake Chamber of Commerce, Inc. | $3,000.00 | -- Newspaper -- Brochure (Flyer) | SC | |
| 2009 | City of Country Club Hills | $2,650.00 | -- Signs -- Reusable Bags - The bags CANNOT be sold. (max $800) | SC | |
| 2009 | City of Highland | $5,250.00 | -- Newspaper -- Brochure -- Radio -- Postcards | SC | |
| 2009 | City of Mendota Farmers Market | $4,345.00 | -- Newspaper -- Radio | SC | |
| 2009 | City of Urbana | $7,500.00 | -- TV | SC | |
| 2009 | Clinton Chamber of Commerce | $2,900.00 | -- Newspaper -- Brochure -- Radio -- TV | SC | |
| 2009 | Downtown Bloomington Association | $6,740.00 | -- Radio -- Billboard | SC | |
| 2009 | Downtown Springfield, Inc. | $7,500.00 | -- Newspaper -- Radio -- Poster -- Signs | SC | |
| 2009 | Dundee Township Tourist Center | $4,000.00 | -- Newspaper | SC | |
| 2009 | Dwight Main Street | $531.00 | -- Newspaper -- Posters -- Brochures | SC | |
| 2009 | East Moline Main Street | $7,370.00 | -- Newspaper -- Poster -- Brochure -- Printed Advertisements -- TV -- Signs -- Banners | SC | |
| 2009 | Edgebrook | $4,520.00 | -- Newspaper -- Radio -- TV -- Poster -- Brochure -- No Design Work | SC | |
| 2009 | Experimental Station | $4,500.00 | -- Newspaper -- Banner -- Flyers -- Posters | SC | |
| 2009 | Geneva Green Market, NFP | $7,500.00 | -- Newspaper -- Radio -- Brochure -- Signs -- Posters | SC | |
| 2009 | Grayslake Farmers Market | $7,500.00 | -- Newspaper -- Signs -- Banner | SC | |
| 2009 | Green City Market | $6,550.00 | -- Brochure Printing | SC | |
| 2009 | Historic Quincy Business District | $5,000.00 | -- Newspaper -- Radio -- TV -- Billboard | SC | |
| 2009 | Jo Daviess County Farm Bureau | $5,148.00 | -- Newspaper -- Radio -- Printed Advertisements (County Directory and Recipe Cards) | SC | |
| 2009 | Kane County Farm Bureau | $4,750.00 | -- Newspaper -- Billboard | SC | |
| 2009 | Main Street Golconda | $5,000.00 | -- Newspaper -- Reusable Bags - The bags CANNOT be sold. | SC | |
| 2009 | Midtown District, Inc. | $7,284.00 | -- Newspaper -- Radio -- Banner | SC | |
| 2009 | Old Town Market | $4,980.00 | -- Newspaper -- Radio -- Banner -- Flyers/Pamphlets/Posters | SC | |
| 2009 | Oswegoland Park District | $5,600.00 | -- Newspaper -- Banner | SC | |
| 2009 | Pana Chamber of Commerce | $3,000.00 | -- Newspaper -- Radio | SC | |
| 2009 | Paul Edward Kouri | $4,000.00 | -- Newspaper -- Radio | SC | |
| 2009 | Peoria Heights Chamber of Commerce | $4,000.00 | -- Radio | SC | |
| 2009 | Peoria RiverFront Association | $7,500.00 | -- TV-- Billboard -- Newspaper -- Radio | SC | |
| 2009 | Princeton Chamber of Commerce | $2,750.00 | -- Newspaper -- Radio -- Signs -- Brochure -- Chef Demos (food expenses only) | SC | |
| 2009 | Quad City Fruit & Vegetable Growers Association | $4,000.00 | -- Newspaper -- Radio -- TV | SC | |
| 2009 | Rock Falls Chamber of Commerce | $4,000.00 | -- Newspaper -- Radio -- TV -- Billboards -- Signs | SC | |
| 2009 | Seguin Services, Inc. | $2,540.00 | -- Newspaper -- Banner (Street Pole Banners) -- No Design Work | SC | |
| 2009 | Shelbyville Farmers Market | $3,000.00 | -- Newspaper -- Brochure | SC | |
| 2009 | Staunton Farmers Market | $1,900.00 | -- Newspaper -- Signs | SC | |
| 2009 | Steeleville Farmers Market | $2,000.00 | -- Newspaper -- Radio | SC | |
| 2009 | Taylorville Main Street, Inc. | $3,000.00 | -- Newspaper -- Radio | SC | |
| 2009 | The Farmers Market of Carbondale, Inc. | $5,098.00 | -- Newspaper -- Radio | SC | |
| 2009 | The Greater Independence Park Neighborhood Assoc. (GIPNA) | $4,400.00 | -- Newspaper -- Banner -- Poster | SC | |
| 2009 | The Land of Goshen Community Market | $5,000.00 | -- Newspaper | SC | |
| 2009 | Town of Normal | $7,500.00 | -- Radio -- TV | SC | |
| 2009 | Village of Huntley | $4,550.00 | -- Newspaper -- Banner | SC | |
| 2009 | Village of Oak Park - Public Health | $2,000.00 | -- Posters (CTA) -- Print Advertising (Community Publication) | SC | |
| 2009 | Village of Schaumburg | $5,364.00 | -- Newspaper | SC | |
| 2009 | West Frankfort Civic Center Authority | $4,300.00 | -- Newspaper -- Radio -- TV | SC | |
| 2009 | Winfield Chamber of Commerce | $2,000.00 | -- Newspaper -- Print Advertisement | SC | |
| 2009 | Woodstock | $3,000.00 | -- Newspaper | SC | |
| 2008 | Board of Trustees of the Univ. of IL on Behalf of the Edwards/Wabash Unit on Behalf of the Edwards/Wabash Farmers' Maet | $4,000.00 | -- Print advertising -- Radio advertising | SC | |
| 2008 | Agriculture & Tourism Partners of Illinois Association (ATPI) | $6,225.00 | Specialty Crop Industry Directory (ATPI Document) | SC | |
| 2008 | Alton Marketplace Association | $4,000.00 | -- Billboard -- Banners | SC | |
| 2008 | Barrington Village Association | $50.00 | -- Posters | SC | |
| 2008 | Benton Farmers' Market | $3,000.00 | -- Print advertising-- printing of promotional fliers | SC | |
| 2008 | Carthage Area Chamber of Commerce | $5,440.00 | -- Newspaper advertising -- Metal signs -- Billboard -- Sandwich sign -- Radio advertising-- Printing newspaper inserts (not stuffing fee) -- Street banners | SC | |
| 2008 | City of Country Club Hills | $4,339.00 | -- Print advertising -- Banners | SC | |
| 2008 | City of Mendota | $3,591.00 | -- Print advertising -- Radio advertising | SC | |
| 2008 | City of Park Ridge | $4,000.00 | -- Print advertising -- Radio advertising -- (Excludes Slide Show and Shopping bags) | SC | |
| 2008 | City of Urbana | $4,000.00 | -- Television advertising (excludes production) | SC | |
| 2008 | Downtown Bloomington Association | $5,500.00 | -- Billboards | SC | |
| 2008 | Downtown Danville, Inc. | $4,000.00 | -- Print advertising -- Radio advertising -- Television advertising -- Banners | SC | |
| 2008 | Downtown Neighborhood Assoc.of Elgin's Harvest Market | $3,800.00 | -- Newspaper advertising -- Postcard printing -- Signage/Banners | SC | |
| 2008 | Downtown Springfield, Inc. | $4,000.00 | -- Newspaper advertising -- Fliers -- Posters -- Banner | SC | |
| 2008 | Dundee Township Tourist Center | $5,000.00 | -- Advertising in Northwest Herald and other suburban Chicago newspapers | SC | |
| 2008 | DuQuoin Farmers Market | $4,000.00 | -- Print advertising -- Radio advertising -- Television advertising -- Fliers -- Signs-- Street banners (excluding brackets) | SC | |
| 2008 | Dwight Main Street Program | $390.00 | -- Posters (printing only) -- Handouts (printing only) -- Newspaper advertising | SC | |
| 2008 | Farmer's Market of Carbondale, Inc. | $4,000.00 | -- Newspaper advertising -- Radio advertising -- Television advertising | SC | |
| 2008 | Frankfort Country Market, Inc. | $4,500.00 | -- Newspaper advertising -- Radio advertising | SC | |
| 2008 | Geneseo Farmers Market | $4,500.00 | -- Newspaper advertising -- Radio advertising-- Brochures -- Permanent signs | SC | |
| 2008 | Geneva Green Market, NFP | $4,000.00 | -- Newspaper advertising -- Radio advertising (excluding HS football game sponsorship) -- Brochure -- Posters -- (excludes mailer/bag stuffer/postage and business cards) | SC | |
| 2008 | Grayslake Farmers Market, NFP | $4,900.00 | -- Promotional signs -- Banner -- Print advertising | SC | |
| 2008 | Illinois Farm Bureau, Ag In The Classroom | $6,225.00 | Specialty Crop Educational Document (AITC Ag Mag) | SC | |
| 2008 | Jacksonville Main Street Program | $3,000.00 | -- Print advertising (not to be used for prep/layout) -- Radio advertising (not to be used for prep/layout) -- Television advertising (not to be used for prep/layout) | SC | |
| 2008 | JoDaviess County Farm Bureau | $2,000.00 | -- Newspaper advertising -- Signs (excluding creation of) | SC | |
| 2008 | Kane Co. Farm Bureau | $2,500.00 | -- Promotional flyers and inserts | SC | |
| 2008 | Kankakee County Farmers Market | $7,500.00 | -- Billboards | SC | |
| 2008 | Logan Square Chamber of Commerce | $5,000.00 | -- Newspaper advertising -- Flyers -- Signange -- (Excludes tote bags) | SC | |
| 2008 | Lombard Town Centre | $2,000.00 | -- Newspaper advertising -- Market Signage -- (excludes streetpole banners) | SC | |
| 2008 | Main Street of Sterling, Inc. | $3,000.00 | -- Newspaper advertising -- Radio advertising (not to include remote speaker and call-ins) | SC | |
| 2008 | Main Street Paris, Inc. | $1,200.00 | -- Newspaper advertising -- Radio advertising -- Banners | SC | |
| 2008 | Market on Main | $1,600.00 | -- Newspaper inserts -- Advertising flyers -- Signs | SC | |
| 2008 | Metamora Farmers' Market | $3,458.00 | -- Newspaper advertising -- Radio advertising (not to include radio remotes) -- Posters | SC | |
| 2008 | Old Town Market | $7,500.00 | -- Newspaper advertising -- Newspaper coupons -- Radio Advertising -- Mobile billboard | SC | |
| 2008 | Oswegoland Park District | $5,600.00 | -- Newspaper advertising -- Radio advertising -- Banners -- Signs (excluding brackets) | SC | |
| 2008 | PRIDE of Peoria, Inc. | $6,500.00 | -- Print advertising (excluding design & creation) -- Radio advertising -- Television advertising (excluding creation) | SC | |
| 2008 | Quad City Fruit & Vegetable Growers Assoc. | $5,000.00 | -- Radio advertising -- Cable television advertising | SC | |
| 2008 | Quad Communities Development Corporation | $3,800.00 | -- 1/4 page ad in local papers -- Banners | SC | |
| 2008 | Ridgeville Park District | $1,500.00 | -- Newspaper/magazine advertising -- Banners -- Signage | SC | |
| 2008 | Rock Falls Chamber | $4,000.00 | -- Newspaper advertising -- Radio advertising-- Billboard -- Signage (not to include installation) | SC | |
| 2008 | Stark County Farm Bureau / Wyoming Chamber of Commerce | $3,200.00 | -- Posters and inserts -- Weekly print ads -- Radio advertising | SC | |
| 2008 | Steeleville Farmers' Market - Village of Steeleville | $5,379.00 | -- Print advertising -- Radio advertising | SC | |
| 2008 | Sugar Grove Chamber of Commerce & Industry | $4,700.00 | -- Newspaper advertising -- Radio advertising -- Television advertising -- Street banners | SC | |
| 2008 | Taylorville Main Street, Inc. | $4,000.00 | -- Newspaper advertising -- Radio advertising (not to include remote speaker and call-ins) | SC | |
| 2008 | The Galena Territory Association | $2,250.00 | -- Newspaper advertising -- Banners -- Fliers | SC | |
| 2008 | The Land of Goshen Community Market | $3,100.00 | -- Newspaper advertising -- Brochures | SC | |
| 2008 | Vandalia Main Street Program | $3,800.00 | -- Newspaper advertising -- Brochures | SC | |
| 2008 | Village of Bartlett | $5,000.00 | -- Newspaper advertising -- Newsletter insert | SC | |
| 2008 | Village of Campton Hill | $2,800.00 | -- 3x3 ad (5 month ad) -- Radio advertising (WSPY FM and WSQR, excluding WGN) -- Television advertising | SC | |
| 2008 | Village of Elk Grove Village | $2,478.00 | -- Newspaper advertising -- Placard -- Banner-- Posters -- (excludes stickers, bookmarks) | SC | |
| 2008 | Village of Huntley | $4,000.00 | -- Monthly and weekly print advertising | SC | |
| 2008 | Village of Palestine | $7,500.00 | -- Newspaper advertising and inserts -- Radio advertising -- Television advertising-- Fliers -- Billboard -- Signs | SC | |
| 2008 | Village of Park Forest Farmers' Market | $4,000.00 | -- Signs | SC | |
| 2008 | Village of Thornton | $3,750.00 | -- Newspaper advertising -- Radio advertising -- Signs | SC | |
| 2008 | Winfield Chamber of Commerce | $3,800.00 | -- Print advertising (monthly and periodic) | SC | |
| 2008 | Woodstock Farmers' Market NFP | $4,525.00 | -- Newspaper and magazine advertising -- Display posters | SC | |
| 2006 | Belle Vue Farm | $2,000.00 | To help promote their maple syrup products. Funds will be used to assist with radio and newspaper advertising as well as the development and production of brochures. | SC | |
| 2006 | Benton Farmers Market | $2,000.00 | For development of promotional materials including signs, newspaper advertising and promotional flyers. | SC | |
| 2006 | Buxton's Garden Farm & Okaw Valley Orchard | $7,425.00 | To help develop fliers, posters, newspaper inserts, brochures and other advertising. | SC | |
| 2006 | Curtis Orchard Ltd. | $17,300.00 | For billboard, radio, television and newspaper advertising. | SC | |
| 2006 | Downtown Bloomington Association | $3,250.00 | To help with the cost of printing fliers, brochures and advertisements to promote the farmers market. | SC | |
| 2006 | Downtown Springfield, Inc. | $25,000.00 | For print, television and billboard advertising of the Old Capitol Farmers Market. | SC | |
| 2006 | Eckert's Inc. | $3,000.00 | To develop brochures and posters promoting the orchard. | SC | |
| 2006 | Furrow Vineyard & Winery, Ltd. | $21,000.00 | For design and placement of billboards, newspaper ads and fliers. | SC | |
| 2006 | Green Acres Herb Farm | $16,000.00 | For signage, newspaper and television advertisements. | SC | |
| 2006 | Hudson Farm | $8,000.00 | For print, radio and billboard advertising. | SC | |
| 2006 | Joe Ringhausen Orchards | $5,000.00 | For radio, print and billboard advertising. | SC | |
| 2006 | Kankakee County Farmers Market | $8,000.00 | For banners, fliers/signage, radio and newspaper advertising. | SC | |
| 2006 | M&G Foods | $4,083.00 | For development of brochures, fliers, posters, billboards and newspaper ads. | SC | |
| 2006 | Prairie House Vineyard & Winery | $10,000.00 | For development of a logo, labels, point of sale materials, brochures, fliers and signage. | SC | |
| 2006 | Savanna Cellars Winery & Vineyard Inc. | $23,860.00 | For print advertising, development of a new brochure and a monthly newsletter. | SC | |
| 2006 | Schwartz Farms, LLC | $10,000.00 | For billboard, newspaper and radio advertising as well as the development of brochures and additional advertising for special events at the farm. | SC | |
| 2006 | Shawnee Hills Wine Trail | $11,000.00 | To help with the promotion of the wine trail through billboards. | SC | |
| 2006 | Shawnee Winery Cooperative | $10,000.00 | For billboard, radio, newspaper and television advertising. Some funds will also be used to create a new brochure. | SC | |
| 2006 | Stark County Farm Bureau | $900.00 | To create a banner and advertisements for the farmers market. | SC | |
| 2006 | StarView Vineyards | $12,341.50 | To develop a brand awareness campaign that will include the design of labels, brochures and additional advertising pieces. | SC | |
| 2006 | Tanners Orchard Ltd. | $9,539.44 | To create a 4-page newsletter insert for inclusion in 30 local newspapers. | SC | |
| 2006 | Woodstock Farmers Market | $2,100.00 | To help market vendors obtain food service sanitation training so they can sample their crops at farmers markets. | SC | |
| 2004 | Arthur Area Association of Commerce | $2,500.00 | To purchase advertising space promoting the farmers market. | SC | |
| 2004 | Benton Farmers Market | $4,000.00 | For the creation of promotional fliers and weekly newspaper and radio advertising. | SC | |
| 2004 | CHIC Farmers Market | $7,000.00 | NOT FUNDED | SC | |
| 2004 | Chicago Hydroponics | $8,900.00 | NOT FUNDED | SC | |
| 2004 | Clark's Greenhouse | $11,100.00 | For promotional and advertising costs including brochure and survey printing costs, website development, advertising costs and minimal advertising costs associated with trade show expenses. | SC | |
| 2004 | Downtown Bloomington Farmers Market | $4,600.00 | Design and printing of flyers, posters and advertisements to promote the Bloomington Farmers Market. | SC | |
| 2004 | Downtown Springfield, Inc. (Old Capital Farmers Market) | $7,000.00 | For advertising and promotion costs associated with the Old Capitol Farmers Market. Grant funds will specifically be used for light-pole banners, billboards and radio, print and Internet advertisements. | SC | |
| 2004 | DuQuoin Farmers Market | $2,800.00 | For advertising and promotion expenses including radio and newspaper advertisements and the production and distribution of fliers. | SC | |
| 2004 | Eckert's Country Store & Farms | $10,000.00 | For advertising and promotional expenses associated with their "Growing Country Memories Every Day" brand marketing campaign including billboards, television, radio and print advertisement production and advertising time. | SC | |
| 2004 | First Fruits Produce Co. | $10,000.00 | To develop a website and marketing plan including the development of brochures and advertisements | SC | |
| 2004 | Glen Oosterhoff | $6,000.00 | To develop and print promotional items including truck signs and brochures promoting specialty crops at eight area farmers markets. | SC | |
| 2004 | Glenview "Certified" Farmers Market | $7,000.00 | For advertising costs including banners, wooden sandwich boards, magnets and flyers. | SC | |
| 2004 | Hudson Farm | $6,000.00 | To develop a logo, brochure and seasonal posters as well as community media notices. In addition, grant funds can be used to develop an advertising plan and purchase advertising space. | SC | |
| 2004 | Illinois Herb Association | $6,000.00 | For graphic design and copy writing to create a logo and brochure, to create a website, secure advertising for four professional development meetings and to produce a quarterly newsletter. | SC | |
| 2004 | JED's Farm | $8,317.00 | For advertising, promotion and signage related to selling the plasticulture strawberries. | SC | |
| 2004 | Kankakee Co. Farmers Market | $7,000.00 | To provide for promotional materials (banners, signs, flyers) and advertising costs (radio, flyers)for the Kankakee County Farmers Market. | SC | |
| 2004 | Klein's Farm & Garden Market | $15,400.00 | To create brochures and purchase advertising. | SC | |
| 2004 | Lamb of God Farm | $20,000.00 | To write and distribute press releases, develop a database of media contacts, contact media representatives and create an educational and promotional campaign using local media sources. | SC | |
| 2004 | Laun Farms | $4,000.00 | NOT FUNDED | SC | |
| 2004 | Midwest Greenhouse | $25,000.00 | Fees associated with the marketing and promotion of the bell peppers. | SC | |
| 2004 | Nature's Bounty Greenhouses | $5,000.00 | To obtain marketing and promotion assistance. | SC | |
| 2004 | Pure Prairie Nursery | $5,000.00 | For the development of a website to promote the production and use of native Illinois prairie plant materials. | SC | |
| 2004 | Shawnee Winery Cooperative | $25,000.00 | For promotional and advertising expenses including billboards, brochure production, radio and newspaper advertising and website development. | SC | |
| 2004 | Spence Farms | $23,000.00 | To purchase of materials needed for the establishment of a variety of specialty crops to establish educational plots at the farm; for advertising, printing, marketing and website development; creation of educational materials for visitors and minimal costs associated with organic certification. | SC | |
| 2004 | Sullivan Area Economic Development Association | $4,050.00 | For advertising and printing costs associated with the development of a farmers market. | SC | |
| 2004 | The Great Pumpkin Patch | $3,000.00 | To help with advertising costs. | SC | |
| 2004 | Village of Bartlett | $7,000.00 | To design and print a grower's guide, advertising expenses and other promotional items relating to the promotion of the grantee's farmers market. | SC | |
| 2004 | Village of Orland Park | $7,250.00 | To produce a television segment and other advertising promoting the grantee's farmers market. | SC | |
| 2004 | Woodstock Farmers Market | $7,000.00 | To create a website, newsletter, pamphlet, radio and newspaper ads and to purchase advertising space. | SC | |
